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Lawn herbicides detected in dogs
Homeowners often apply herbicides to their lawns to control weeds, but sometimes pets can be unintentionally exposed to those pesticides scientists say.
June 25, 2013
Plants do math to get through the night
New research shows that to prevent starvation at night, plants perform accurate arithmetic division.
June 24, 2013
Migrating animals add new depth to how the ocean breathes
Animals ranging from plankton to small fish consume vast amounts of what little oxygen is available in the ocean’s aptly named “oxygen minimum zone” daily.
June 24, 2013
Severed cabbage head stills knows what time it is
Even after being harvested, cabbage can set its circadian clock and ward off insect pests.
June 24, 2013
Video: Meet ALMA, a revolutionary new telescope
The ALMA telescope, high in the northern Chilean desert, was officially inaugurated this spring. EarthSky was there. Check out our video!
June 24, 2013
Cicada wings inspire new ideas for antibacterial products
Here’s another reason to love cicadas: A new study has found that tiny structures on cicada wings can kill bacteria through physical and not chemical means.
June 24, 2013
100,000 may need to evacuate due to floods in Alberta, Canada
Water levels are expected to reach their maximum around noon today in floods in Alberta, Canada, which have left 12 communities under a state of emergency.
June 21, 2013
Alaska has been having a record-breaking heatwave
In Alaska, old records are being crushed as a heatwave has carried temperatures into the 80s and 90s. In one part of Alaska, an unofficial 98°F!
June 21, 2013
Tanzania’s birds survive in protected network
As climate change forces birds in Tanzania to head west, protected areas set aside for mammals are keeping them alive.
June 20, 2013
Possible record-setting Gulf of Mexico dead zone predicted
Spring floods across the Midwest are expected to contribute to a very large and potentially record-setting 2013 Gulf of Mexico "dead zone", according to researchers.
June 19, 2013
